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Application of graphical representations from video games to amplify co-presence in group visits to virtual houses
| Resumo: | In real life, the ability that people have of observing the elements of their surrounding space contributes for the sense of presence and social co-presence in that physical space. Digital avatars are often the employed means for providing a similar sense of co-presence in virtual environments. Digital avatars of the users and other co-presence amplification strategies (e.g., co-presence inducing graphical representations) have been extensively studied and employed in multi-player videogames. This paper studies the application of some these strategies to amplify the senseofco-presence of people in virtual group house visits, which is an application scenario with value for real estate industry and participatory design in architecture. For this purpose, a Unity-based collaborative virtual environment was implemented and tested in a user study with 33 participants. The obtained results show that the implemented strategies enrich the sense of co-presence in the virtual environment and trigger interesting collaborative interactions. |
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| Autores principais: | Freitas, A. |
| Outros Autores: | Santos, F.; Santana, P. |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | documento de conferência |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | In real life, the ability that people have of observing the elements of their surrounding space contributes for the sense of presence and social co-presence in that physical space. Digital avatars are often the employed means for providing a similar sense of co-presence in virtual environments. Digital avatars of the users and other co-presence amplification strategies (e.g., co-presence inducing graphical representations) have been extensively studied and employed in multi-player videogames. This paper studies the application of some these strategies to amplify the senseofco-presence of people in virtual group house visits, which is an application scenario with value for real estate industry and participatory design in architecture. For this purpose, a Unity-based collaborative virtual environment was implemented and tested in a user study with 33 participants. The obtained results show that the implemented strategies enrich the sense of co-presence in the virtual environment and trigger interesting collaborative interactions. |
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